A rough outing for Cole DeVries. A smooth outing for B. J. Hermsen. Vote for Snappy!
Minor Details: Games of 6/9
Andrew Albers was awesome. Liam Hendriks was awesomer. A typical game in the DSL.
Minor Details: Games of 6/8
Rochester and Beloit win. More rain in Florida. Yes, these are old games, but we like to be complete. We'll catch up as soon as we can.
dread pirate week will begin shortly…
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Sometimes the best remedy is a lump of fried dough and a coffee.
Happy Birthday–June 11
Roger Bresnahan (1879)
Ernie Nevers (1902)
Dan Topping (1912)
Frank Thomas (1929)
Jimmy Stewart (1939)
Danny Morris (1946)
Dave Cash (1948)
Tom Austin (1951)
Mike Fuentes (1958)
Brian Gorman (1959)
Mike Davis (1959)
Odalis Perez (1978)
Bobby Keppel (1982)
Jose Reyes (1983)
Football great Ernie Nevers, born in Willow River, Minnesota, pitched for the St. Louis Browns for parts of three seasons (1926-1928).
Outfielder Mike Fuentes was drafted by Minnesota in the fifth round in 1980, but did not sign.
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to UncleWalt.
game 58 recap: cubs @ twins
Tragedy struck in the ninth inning of yesterday's baseball game between the cubs and the twins. The potential was there for an epic three inning save, but apparenly a little thing called "letting a guy finish what he came into the seventh inning of" is a foreign concept to Twins management. I have but one question.
"Why do you hate joy, gardy?"
In better news, the bats got going yesterday. Plouffe has declared war on all opposing pitchers. Pretty much everyone seems to be hitting well lately.
Meanwhile, Scott Diamond's ERA is 1.61. Seriously. I know it's a flaawed stat and all, but that's pretty sweet.
2012 Game 59: Cubs at Twins
The Twins go for their first three-game sweep of the season today, right?
Ryan Dempster, who's on pace to have the best year of his career (though he only has one win...the poor guy's offense won't help him) faces Francisco Liriano, who is not, but has come back strong. Not that any of us ever know which version of him to expect.
Winners of 9 of their last 11, the Twins are now 24-34, which is bad, but certainly doesn't put them at some embarrassing outlier. I can live with that for now.
Happy Birthday–June 10
Jack Graney (1886)
Garland Braxton (1900)
Danny McFayden (1905)
Vic Harris (1905)
Mike Kreevich (1908)
Frank Demaree (1910)
Chuck Thompson (1921)
Hank Foiles (1929)
Carmen Cozza (1930)
Ed Palmquist (1933)
Kazuhisa Inao (1937)
Johnny Edwards (1938)
Ken Singleton (1947)
Elias Sosa (1950)
Gerry Hunsicker (1950)
Francisco Barrios (1953)
Scott Ullger (1955)
Floyd Bannister (1955)
Pokey Reese (1973)
Freddy Garcia (1975)
Outfielder Carmen Cozza played in the low minors in 1952-1953, batting .242. He later became a college football coach, most notably at Yale. Upon his retirement in 1996, he held the record for most coaching victories in the Ivy League (179) and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
This is also the birthday of Twins’ farmhand Jairo Perez (1988).
June 10, 2012: Thunder vs. Heat
I would have liked to see the Heat lose, but this is the most exciting final that could've been offered.